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It’s an appalling joke that bananas are more tightly regulated than guns. That’s why we are demanding that in July, governments agree to a bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that protects everyone.
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17 May 2012
Twenty leading international and Afghan NGOs today called on NATO and the Afghan government to agree to commitments to ensure Afghan National Security Forces are able to protect civilians and are held accountable if they commit abuses or violate international law.
15 May 2012
Seasonal rains due in Sudan and South Sudan will exacerbate already dire conditions in refugee camps, restrict travel and access, and heighten the risk of disease, a group of leading humanitarian agencies warned today.
9 May 2012
In the Sahel region of West Africa, families are facing a grim reality. A food crisis is now threatening more than 18 miillion people. Without help they won't get enough to eat.
3 May 2012
More than $2.2 billion worth of arms and ammunition have been imported since 2000 by countries operating under arms embargoes, according to new figures released today by international humanitarian agency Oxfam.
20 April 2012
Renewed military action against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) risks triggering further devastation for local people in DR of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan unless more is done to protect civilians and prevent retaliations by one of Africa’s most brutal rebel groups.
In depth
In depth
The importance of comprehensive and legally binding criteria for arms transfers
3 May 2012
The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa
18 January 2012
The arms trade is out of control. Find out how you can help achieve a bulletproof international Arms Trade Treaty.
Oxfam’s definition of the principle refers to the protection of civilians from widespread threats of violence, coercion, and the deliberate deprivation of aid.
Over the past few months, thousands of southerners have returned from the north of Sudan. Oxfam's emergency response team in Sudan, with funding from ECHO, has been providing clean water, building latrines and running health campaigns to stop diseases spreading.
The past three decades of war and disorder have had a devastating impact on the Afghan people. Here is their story.
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